The Colorado Staff Development Council provides leadership in Colorado in the area of professional development with a focus on increasing student success, promoting change and risk-taking, and sharing expertise. CSDC serves its members and other educators by networking, problem-solving, sharing and learning collaboratively.
CSDC is an affiliate of the National Staff Development Council (NSDC) whose mission is to ensure success for all students by serving as the international network for those who improve schools and by advancing individual and organizational development.
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Center for Transforming Learning and Teaching
CSDC
P.O. Box 1289
Morrison, CO
80465-1289
303-697-1517
Looking Back… 2008-2009
THANK YOU!
From The CSDC Board of Directors
The CSDC Board of Directors would like to thank you for your support for CSDC during the 2008-2009 school year! We appreciate the many educators who attended one or more of our professional learning events. And we welcome those of you who have chosen to join our organization. If you are not yet a member, we look forward to having you join CSDC.
A professional learning organization
on the move!
Looking Ahead… 2009-2010
CSDC Presents…
Our Professional Learning Team is in the process of planning outstanding events for the 2009-2010 school year. As soon as specific details become available, we will update our website with that information. Our CSDC Conference has been scheduled and you will definitely want to ...
Save the Date!
January 20, 2010
Tony Wagner
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Co-Director … Change Leadership Group
International Consultant
Author
» Click here to view a video clip of "The Global Achievement Gap Keynote Video" by Tony Wagner.
April 29th Leadership Forum
A
Huge Success
Professional Development - Trends & Strategies Current Colorado Policy & Legislative Action
» Click here for summary & slide show of this excellent workshop.
Understanding the Nature
of Conflict in Schools
» Click here for summary & slide show of this excellent April 16th workshop.
The Colorado Staff Development Council would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge and thank all presenters of 2008-2009 CSDC workshops. These outstanding educators volunteer their time and expertise providing excellent professional learning events for Colorado educators.
We would also like to thank the Colorado Education Association for providing copies of handouts for all CSDC events. Thanks to CEA for their generous support of both CSDC and event participants.
Visits since: 05/30/05
We are excited to announce that CSDC members voted unanimously to elect as our new Co-President, Lois Easton and our Secretary, Nancy Cox. Lois is brand new to the CSDC Board. Nancy continues in her current position as secretary for one more year. How lucky we are to have these outstanding educators help provide leadership for CSDC as we continue our mission to provide effective professional learning for educators so every student achieves.
Thanks to CSDC members who made time to exercise their voting rights.
NSDC’s New Definition of Professional Development
NSDC’s new definition of professional development is what we have been waiting for! The definition means that at long last, NSDC, the leader in the field of professional development, is prepared to describe explicitly how school systems and schools must organize and implement professional learning to increase student achievement. Note that while the definition is rooted in the essential elements of NSDC’s Standards for Staff Development, it goes beyond the Standards. Whereas the Standards describe the broad conditions necessary for high quality professional development, the definition takes the next step to delineate specific practices school systems and schools must put in place to improve the performance of educators and students.
» Click here to view a printable copy of NSDC’s definition of Professional Development.
Click here to view and participate in the Highlights of NSDC '08 blog.